Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 168 125
Rank change year-on-year +30 -43 +61
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 138 149 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.49% 1.33% 2.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.20% 3.89% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 82 82 119
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £29,125 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,250 £50,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.50% +42.86% -23.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £68,750 £56,138
90th Percentile £65,000 £76,500 £68,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% -10.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,285 3,832 3,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 35.37% 34.11% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,562 1,826 1,903
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £37,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +1.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,763 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +2.92%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +12 42 £35,000 +27.27% 62
Kent +38 41 £31,500 - 18
Hampshire +13 22 £37,500 -31.82% 21
Surrey -1 20 £31,500 -18.71% 9
Buckinghamshire +25 19 £35,000 -36.36% 18
Oxfordshire +13 14 £28,500 +3.64% 19
Berkshire +7 9 £38,750 -12.28% 27
East Sussex +15 8 £45,000 -45.45% 7
West Sussex +6 5 £50,000 +36.99% 12
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.07%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.17%) IIS
4 1 (0.72%) Confluence
4 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (34.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (42.75%) AWS
2 58 (42.03%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (38.41%) Azure
4 12 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 12 (8.70%) GCP
5 11 (7.97%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.52%) Power Automate
7 8 (5.80%) PowerApps
8 7 (5.07%) GitHub
9 5 (3.62%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (3.62%) IaaS
10 4 (2.90%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (2.90%) PaaS
11 3 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (2.17%) Azure Storage
11 3 (2.17%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.45%) SaaS
13 1 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.22%) DNS
2 19 (13.77%) DHCP
3 18 (13.04%) Firewall
4 12 (8.70%) TCP/IP
5 11 (7.97%) Internet
6 9 (6.52%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (5.07%) VLAN
7 7 (5.07%) VPN
8 5 (3.62%) Intranet
8 5 (3.62%) WAN
9 4 (2.90%) LAN
9 4 (2.90%) NAS
9 4 (2.90%) SAN
9 4 (2.90%) VoIP
10 3 (2.17%) InfiniBand
10 3 (2.17%) Network Security
10 3 (2.17%) STUN
10 3 (2.17%) VoLTE
10 3 (2.17%) Wireshark
11 2 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.97%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.07%) Power BI
3 4 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.45%) Metadata
5 2 (1.45%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.45%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 16 (11.59%) JIRA
2 7 (5.07%) Git
General
1 92 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 40 (28.99%) French Language
2 40 (28.99%) Swedish Language
3 9 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (6.52%) Telecoms
4 8 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.07%) Multimedia
6 5 (3.62%) Finance
6 5 (3.62%) Legal
7 3 (2.17%) Military
8 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Law
Job Titles
1 46 (33.33%) Analyst
2 31 (22.46%) Service Analyst
2 31 (22.46%) Service Desk Analyst
3 26 (18.84%) IT Support
4 20 (14.49%) Senior
5 18 (13.04%) Support Engineer
6 12 (8.70%) IT Engineer
7 11 (7.97%) Administrator
7 11 (7.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (7.97%) Lead
8 10 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (7.25%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (7.25%) Support Analyst
9 9 (6.52%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 9 (6.52%) Service Desk Team Leader
9 9 (6.52%) Support Technician
9 9 (6.52%) Team Leader
10 8 (5.80%) IT Administrator
10 8 (5.80%) Systems Administrator
11 7 (5.07%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.97%) CSS
1 11 (7.97%) HTML
2 6 (4.35%) React
3 4 (2.90%) Web Services
4 3 (2.17%) .NET
4 3 (2.17%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (2.17%) Node.js
5 2 (1.45%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.72%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.72%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.07%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.62%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.90%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.45%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.45%) N-Tier
6 2 (1.45%) PKI
7 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.72%) CMDB
7 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.72%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 51 (36.96%) Windows
2 21 (15.22%) Linux
3 18 (13.04%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (5.07%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.17%) VMS
6 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.45%) Android
7 2 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.61%) ITIL
2 44 (31.88%) ITSM
3 36 (26.09%) Customer Service
4 32 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (22.46%) Mentoring
6 23 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (15.94%) Performance Metrics
8 20 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (9.42%) Service Management
10 12 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (7.25%) Computer Science
11 10 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 9 (6.52%) Analytics
12 9 (6.52%) Business Continuity
12 9 (6.52%) Coaching
12 9 (6.52%) Conflict Resolution
12 9 (6.52%) Knowledge Management
12 9 (6.52%) Technical Leadership
13 7 (5.07%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (5.07%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.87%) Python
2 13 (9.42%) PowerShell
3 12 (8.70%) SQL
4 11 (7.97%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.07%) Bash
5 7 (5.07%) C#
6 3 (2.17%) Perl
7 2 (1.45%) C
7 2 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.45%) R
Qualifications
1 66 (47.83%) MCSE
2 64 (46.38%) Degree
3 43 (31.16%) AWS Certification
4 21 (15.22%) Azure Certification
5 18 (13.04%) A+ Certification
6 14 (10.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 13 (9.42%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (8.70%) MCP
9 10 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (7.25%) Security Cleared
10 9 (6.52%) CCNA
10 9 (6.52%) MCSA
10 9 (6.52%) SC Cleared
11 7 (5.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 5 (3.62%) Master's Degree
13 4 (2.90%) CCNP
13 4 (2.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (2.90%) RHCE
14 3 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (2.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (17.39%) QA
2 6 (4.35%) GDPR
3 2 (1.45%) SLA
4 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.72%) NIST
4 1 (0.72%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (29.71%) Active Directory
2 20 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.07%) vSphere
4 5 (3.62%) Firmware
4 5 (3.62%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.17%) GPFS
6 3 (2.17%) Lustre
6 3 (2.17%) NFS
7 2 (1.45%) Docker
8 1 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (3.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.17%) CASB
2 3 (2.17%) QRadar
2 3 (2.17%) WSUS
3 2 (1.45%) Ansible
3 2 (1.45%) Nessus
3 2 (1.45%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (1.45%) SCCM
3 2 (1.45%) Terraform
4 1 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.72%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.72%) Podman
4 1 (0.72%) SCOM
4 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 133 (96.38%) Microsoft
2 33 (23.91%) VMware
3 31 (22.46%) ServiceNow
4 17 (12.32%) Cisco
5 7 (5.07%) Google
6 5 (3.62%) Aruba
6 5 (3.62%) HP
6 5 (3.62%) Sage
7 4 (2.90%) Citrix
7 4 (2.90%) Veeam
8 3 (2.17%) Forcepoint
8 3 (2.17%) LogRhythm
8 3 (2.17%) Oracle
8 3 (2.17%) Qualys
8 3 (2.17%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.17%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.45%) Apple
9 2 (1.45%) Commvault
9 2 (1.45%) McAfee
10 1 (0.72%) NetApp